Game / activity
Rank the Box Office
How this one works
How it works
- We are going to look at movies that grossed a certain amount in 2008.
- I'm going to give you a vague description of a movie.
- You're going to tell me if it was better or worse than High School Musical 3.
- I think you need to sing in.
- I will reveal it after you've answered better or worse.
- You have to go off the description alone.
- I will tell you, if you guessed the movie right, I will tell you that you got the movie right.
- Competing.
Scoring
- You both get the point for better.
- You're the first one to get that on the board.
- Curtis, it was Pineapple Express, which you don't get a point for, but it was also worse,
- which you do get a point for.
Recorded activity context
We are going to look at movies that grossed a certain amount in 2008.; I'm going to give you a vague description of a movie.; You're going to tell me if it was better or worse than High School Musical 3.
RESULT STATUS
A winner is actually on the record.
Winner: Curtis
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Recorded conversation
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- Competitive scoring statement: Curtis has one point to Danny Zero.; All right, so the score is tied 2-2.; So, Curtis, you take a commanding lead of 4 to 3.; It's 6 to 3.; Eight to four.; So the score is 11 to 4 with one question to go.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
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- Competitive scoring statement: The score was 7 to 12.
- Winner statement: Instead of taking a bow for my win, I'm just going to stare awkwardly into the camera.
Follow the round structure (2)
You're going to tell me if it was better or worse than High School Musical 3.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
This movie is what High School Musical would be like if it took place in Baltimore.
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- Classification prompt: Well, you still have to tell me if it was better or worse based on the descriptions.
- Correct answer: Step Up to the Streets
- Correct response: worse
- Result qualification: This was 51st in the box office.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
Hairspray.
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- Action: High School Musical.
- Classification response: Better.
- Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: INCORRECT
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
Lower.
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- Answer qualification: I think it was not as good at the box office.
- Correct: True
- Point awarded: 1
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Nothing is off the table for this man.; All you have to do is ask.
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- Classification prompt: Was it better or worse?
- Correct answer: Yes Man.
- Correct response: worse
- Result qualification: Yes Man came out in 2007, but it grossed $60 million in 2008.; It was 50th in the box, so it was one below Step Up 2.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Dark Knight?
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- Action: High School Musical.
- Correct: False
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Hairs.
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- Classification response: higher
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
Dark Knight Rises.
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- Classification response: I'm going to go lower this time.
- Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT
- Point awarded: 1
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
He's old.; He's frigid.; But he and his son will survive anything that is thrown their way.
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- Classification prompt: Curtis, is this better or worse?
- Correct answer: Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull
- Correct response: better
- Result qualification: This is third.; It grossed $317 million despite being a piece of shit.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
Jack Frost?; How about Bad Santa?
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- Action: High school musical.
- Answer qualification: Came out in like 2001.; Also, like at least 04.
- Classification response: I'm going to go better again.
- Point awarded: 1
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
And it's not even his son, but my brain keeps going to up, and I know that's not right.
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- Classification response: I'm also going to go better.
- Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT
- Point awarded: 1
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
This partying Los Angelino wants to show the world he can be the superhero the world deserves.
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- Classification prompt: Danny, is it better or worse?
- Correct answer: Hancock
- Correct response: better
- Result qualification: Hancock was fourth.; Gross $227 million.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
Is it Iron Man?
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- Action: High school musical.
- Classification response: I'm still going to go better.
- Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
The Hulk?
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- Classification response: Yeah, better.
- Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
War.; What is it good for?; Making movies, of course.; This movie explores both concepts.
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- Classification prompt: So you get to tell me first, is it better or worse?
- Correct answer: Tropic Thunder.
- Correct response: better
- Result qualification: Tropic Thunder was 19.; It grossed $110 million.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
I'm really going to mess this up, but just based on your description, is it Rush Hour 2?
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- Action: High School Musical.
- Classification response: So I, too, will go worse.
- Answer qualification: If I remember correctly, there's quite a bit of controversy with this movie.
- Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: INCORRECT
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
Tropic Thunder.
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- Action: High School Musical.
- Classification response: I'm going to say worse.
- Adjudication: Identity: CORRECT; Comparison: INCORRECT
- Answer qualification: I know it was really popular, but I think maybe it was popular on DVD later.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Remark
Rush Hour 2 better.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
The only Will Ferrell movie I assume Curtis has never seen.
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- Classification prompt: Anyway, is it better or worse?
- Correct answer: Semi Pro
- Correct response: worse
- Result qualification: Semi Pro 87th.; It only grossed $33 million, and it came out this year.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Is it Anchorman?
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- Action: High School Musical.
- Correct: False
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
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Well, I'm losing already, so we'll say better.
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- Correct: False
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Is it Semi Pro?
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- Action: High School Musical.
- Classification response: It's got to be worse.
- Adjudication: Identity: CORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT
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“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Movie 7, A Girl Gets Pregnant, the movie.
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- Classification prompt: Is it better or worse than High School Musical 3?
- Correct answer: Juno
- Correct response: better
- Result qualification: Juno came in 17th.; 115 million in the box office.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
Is it Mamma Mia?
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- Action: High School Musical.
- Classification response: I'm going better because I remember I watched this movie a lot.
- Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
I believe it was Juno.
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- Action: High School Musical.
- Classification response: So I'm going to say better.
- Adjudication: Identity: CORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT
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“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
When Plants Attack.; The movie.
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- Classification prompt: And is The Happening better or worse than High School Musical 3?
- Correct answer: The Happening
- Correct response: worse
- Result qualification: The Happening was 46 that only grossed 64.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
The Happening?
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- Action: High School Musical.
- Classification response: I'm saying worse.
- Answer qualification: I think this is the movie that killed Shana Lime's career.
- Adjudication: Identity: CORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
I'll go better.
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- Correct: False
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“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Two stoners get stoned, then fight more people to get more stoned.
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- Classification prompt: Whatever this movie is, was it better or worse than High School Musical 3?
- Correct answer: Pineapple Express
- Correct response: worse
- Result qualification: Curtis, it was Pineapple Express, which you don't get a point for, but it was also worse,
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle?; There are no points for this, but I think it might be Pineapple Express.
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- Action: High School Musical.
- Classification response: I'm going to say worse.
- Adjudication: Initial identity: INCORRECT; Revised identity: correct but unscored; Comparison: CORRECT
- Point awarded: 1
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
I got nothing.
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- Classification response: I'm going to say better.
- Correct: False
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“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
She is small but rich.; Things start to get for real when she gets lost on the streets of Mexico.
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- Classification prompt: That said, is it better or worse than High School Musical?; Three.
- Correct answer: Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
- Correct response: better
- Result qualification: It was 27.; It grossed 93 million.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
I had literally nothing.
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- Classification response: Worse.
- Correct: False
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Um, my only guess is Coco?
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- Classification response: It's better.
- Answer qualification: I mean, I must zag.
- Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT
What place did High School Musical 3 come in?
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“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
What place did High School Musical 3 come in?
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- Correct answer: 29
- Result qualification: It grossed 89 and a half million.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
30
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- Answer qualification: Initial: 27; Revised: 30
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
40
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- Answer qualification: I'm surprised it's this low.
Round context
- Point awarded: 3
- Adjudication verdict: It probably, you kind of won that one.
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
- Answer qualification: Whereas we're just talking box office gross, we're not talking about quality of the movie.
- Scoring mechanism: You both get the point for better.; You're the first one to get that on the board.; Curtis, it was Pineapple Express, which you don't get a point for, but it was also worse,; which you do get a point for.
- Ryan: “I'm going to give you a vague description of a movie.”
- Dani: “Did you write these?”
- Ryan: “I wrote all of these, unfortunately.”
- Ryan: “Okay, so Danny, you said worse, and you get the point.”
- Ryan: “You both get the point for better.”
- Ryan: “We'll give you three points.”
- Ryan: “The score was 7 to 12.”